LANSING -- A prominent Michigan Republican was not backing down or apologizing Thursday as he faced calls for his resignation over an antigay posting on his Facebook page. [...]

The post depicts gay people as sexually promiscuous, rife with sexually transmitted diseases and responsible for "half the murders in large cities." It cites 30-year-old studies for some of its statistics and sources such as the Congressional Record and special-interest groups for others.

"It's not hate. It's facts derived from several studies. The trouble is many don't like facts."

"Many don't like facts" but "Dave likes" that article!

The next day he said that it was worth sharing, plus this:

"Some publications and even a few liberal Republicans have chosen to take the words of someone else and cast them as my own... I will not back down... I will dig in and fight even harder to defend our conservative values from these attacks by liberals in the media, and even in our own party."

Of course he also insisted that he doesn't hate or discriminate against anyone.

Of course not. Why would anyone ever suggest such a thing? But Dave sure "likes" that article!

Just to be clear about what kind of extremist nutball this guy is, here are a couple of other items he has posted on his Facebook page:

The GOP is the stop of last resort for nut-job hate-mongers; I'd love to see TR or Lincoln's take on what the Republican Party has become.

Uranus

Wow, dude...as in wow, dude, and won't waste my time saying, "try being a guy."
It must be Blown Fuse Day for republicans named Dave.
I live in a horrible rental place that doesn't want people who aren't Latino and atheist, pagan, Santerian or practice voodoo, an actual, true story. You can expect more of this.
I'll bet Dave's wife beats him to within an inch of his life.